Hillsong member, 34, dies of Covid after publicly speaking out against vaccine

“If you’re having email problems, I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one,” Stephen Harmon wrote on 3 June

A member of the Hillsong megachurch who poked fun at the Covid-19 vaccine on social media has passed away after contracting the virus.

Stephen Harmon, 34, died at the Corona Regional Medical Center, Los Angeles, on Wednesday.

His death was announced by Hillsong founder Brian Houston, who said he had just heard the “devastating news that our beloved friend, Stephen Harmon has passed away from Covid. Heartbreaking.”